Chute.



No. 788,846. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905. H. H. PORTER, JR.

CHUTE. APPLIOATION PILBD 00T. 17,1902.

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.Patented May 2, 1905'.

HENRY H. PORTER, JR., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of VLetters Patent No. 788,846, dated May 2, 1905. Application filed October 17, 1902. Serial No. 127,749.

Be itknown thatll, l'inn'nr H. PORTER, J r. a citizen oi' the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county oi' (look Iand State ofvlllinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Chute, ot' which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for handling grain, coal, crushed ice, and like materials, and particularly to chutes for loading ears withthe saine. its principal object is to provide a universally adjustable chute, mounted so to l'acilitatethc loadineol cars from an elevated receptacle; and it consists in the apparatus hereinafter set forth, and illustrated in the accom panying drawings, vin whieh;--

Figure l is a side elevation of the chute shown mounted in the side wall of an ice house and shown in connection with a feeding hopper. i

Figure 2 is a plan view'oi' the device, a seetion being` taken through the wall on line (2) of Figure l.

Figure 3 is an inside View of the end of the chute and the hopper, showing the mounting1 oi' the chute at its inner end. y

For illustration 1 have shown my invention as particularly adapted to ice handling machinery; and in the accompanying drawings` the chute, 5, is shown as mounted in an opening' in the side wall, 4, of an ice house. -At its outer or free end it is suspended by aiexible cord or chain, 6, which passes over pulleys and has a (wunterhalance, 7; and at its inner end it is supported upon rollers, 8, on an aXle carried by a pivoted yoke,9, mounted on a bracket, 10, lixed to the side ot' the wall. A hopper, '13, will conveniently be arranged above the chute. as shown, and its opening', 14, is governed by a gate, l5, which is operated by the levers, 17, 18, Supported by bracket, 16. 'lfhe chute is provided underneath with a rack, il, which engages the pinions, l2, carried on the same shaft with rollers, 8. The pinions,v 12,-may ot' course be provided with some device for turning' the same, such as a crank, but l prefer to more the chute by hand. From the construction it will be plain that the outer end of the chute is free to move laterally and vertically to any desired position, and may roll on the rack and rollers, 8, to he adjusted at any distancelrom the wall, 4. rlhus it becomes easy to place it over the opening, 19, in

the refrigerator car, 20, without requiring the car to be accurately spottech and upon linhaving its other end resting),r on rollers mounted- .in a pivoted yoke, whereby the chute is uni- Aversally adjustable in position, as described.

2. A chute having` one end freely suspended aud counterweightel, and its other end resting on rollers mounted in a pivoted support, and being' provided with a rack rio-operating with pinions attached to said rollers.

3. The combination with a feeding hopper having means for regpllatinp,F the feed, of a chute with one end suspended on adjustable supports, and its other end resting on rollers mounted in a pivoted support.

4'. The combination with a hopper of a chute provided with a rack, a llenible suspending support at one end and the said rack resting upon a pinion mounted on a pivoted yoke, substantially as described.

5. The combination witlrja feeding hopper with a regulable outlet, of a chute having its outer end freely suspended, and its inner end resting on rollers carried by a pivoted yoke whereby said chute is adjustable vertically, horizontally, and longitudinally.

In testimony whereof I have hereunder signed my name in the presence of the two sub scribing witnesses.

HENRY ll. PORTER, JR.

Witnesses:

PAUL CARPENTER, l). En. BAKER. 

